News From the Field If You're Happy and You Know It: Researchers Trail Twitter to Track World's Mood Swings

September 29, 2011

Using Twitter to monitor the attitudes of 2.4 million people in 84 countries, Cornell University researchers found that people all over the world awaken in a good mood, but globally that cheer soon deteriorates once the workday progresses.
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